My experiences with giving more access

[Charlotte]

Why wouldn't you want it? You can still logically avoid death while not suffering anxiety over it.

And don't tell me it would be "boring".

[ThatOneGuy]

Because I wouldn't logically avoid it ;_;

 

(parkour is rather fun, don't you think?)

[Charlotte]

No, I'm a man of science not running around like a headless chicken.

Oh well suit yourself.

Though you can still keep the fear of injury.

[ThatOneGuy]

I honestly think that my car surfing escapades would be taken to a new extreme. So no. FOR NOW.

[Guest]

I got rid of my fear of death years ago by thinking a lot about certain philosophical issues, however that doesn't mean I wouldn't work to preserve my life as not doing so would cause others pain and suffering if I stopped existing.

[Chupi]

I got rid of my fear of death years ago by thinking a lot about certain philosophical issues, however that doesn't mean I wouldn't work to preserve my life as not doing so would cause others pain and suffering if I stopped existing.

 

Same here. The only explanation of what happens after death that seems half-believable to me is that your consciousness simply stops and "you" no longer exist. I don't see this as anything to be afraid of -- I didn't-exist for billions of years before I was born, and never seemed to have any problem with it.

 

The process of ceasing to exist isn't scary either. I will have lost consciousness before that happens, and I know what *that* is like -- something similar to falling asleep, being knocked out, or being put under on anesthetic.

 

What does scare me, however, is the pain that might precede final loss of consciousness, and the knowledge that I'm experiencing my final moments of existence. So, I'm not afraid of death, but I am afraid of what happens shortly before it.

 

Additionally, there's a few more things I'd like to do while I still have my existence.

[Guest]

 

Same here. The only explanation of what happens after death that seems half-believable to me is that your consciousness simply stops and "you" no longer exist. I don't see this as anything to be afraid of -- I didn't-exist for billions of years before I was born, and never seemed to have any problem with it.

 

The process of ceasing to exist isn't scary either. I will have lost consciousness before that happens, and I know what *that* is like -- something similar to falling asleep, being knocked out, or being put under on anesthetic.

 

What does scare me, however, is the pain that might precede final loss of consciousness, and the knowledge that I'm experiencing my final moments of existence. So, I'm not afraid of death, but I am afraid of what happens shortly before it.

 

Additionally, there's a few more things I'd like to do while I still have my existence.

 

I wouldn't know for sure that consciousness would just stop. You could just experience some branch of the multiverse where it can find a continuation, but regardless of what happens (ceasing to exist, or unusual continuations), death itself is likely only a bit scarier than going to sleep (discontinuity). What worries me the most is that other people would be sad if I ceased to exist, nor do I have any interest in doing so as life itself is usually fun.

[Din]

Agreed. Death is easy. Dying is the hard part.

[Chupi]

OK, this has been an interesting little derail. Since this comes up now and then, perhaps there should be a death thread in Off-Topic. Can we get back on the topic of letting tulpae stomp around in more parts of the brain?